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...Fulwood isn't the only Western expatriate to take up residence in the cheaper peripheries of this Southeast Asian city. An English teacher and community volunteer whose duties include helping integrate Westerners into the Bukit Panjang neighborhood, the 30-year-old Englishman sees a small but steadily growing number of Americans, Australians and Europeans in the fluorescent-lit coffee shop where locals often gather after work around cold pitchers of beer. These foreigners are economic refugees of a sort. Because of the global recession, expat bankers, traders and corporate managers have lost their high-paying jobs with multinational corporations...
...Chong International (tuition: about $10,000) are reporting strong growth, not only because they're cheaper but also because these schools are popular with foreigners who see their children's long-term future in Asia rather than in the West. Enrollment at Hwa Chong, which offers classes in English and Chinese, jumped from 283 students last year to 440 this year, according to school officials. "The education in Chinese gives us an edge over other international schools," says Ian Barker, Hwa Chong International's principal...
...that slickness and more. Germany is stuck in its worst recession since WWII and exports are plunging. The young politician was elected to the German parliament just seven years ago representing the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party, which is aligned with Chancellor Merkel's party. A fluent English speaker, he soon made a name for himself in parliament as a foreign policy and defense expert. But it wasn't until last fall, when the CSU went into meltdown after suffering big losses in the Bavarian state elections that Zu Guttenberg was thrown into the spotlight. Last November the rising...
...Gilbert grew up in a musical family; his father Michael Gilbert, his mother Yoko Takebe (a player in the Philharmonic), and his sister Jennifer Gilbert are all prominent violinists. While attending Harvard College, he lived in Adams House and nurtured broad academic interests. Gilbert attempted to major in English, but was unable to complete the requirements in time for graduation. He returned to his original music concentration so late in his career that he claims he was “probably the most pathetic music concentrator ever.” It was in his extra-curricular involvement with music that...
Concentration: English...